noun 1. a person or thing that . 2. a person or business establishment specializing in the elimination of vermin, insects, etc., from a building, apartment, etc., especially by the controlled application of toxic chemicals. n.

c.1400, “an angel who expells (people from a country),” from Late Latin exterminator, from Latin exterminatus, past participle stem of exterminare (see exterminate). As a substance for ridding a place of rats, etc., by 1848. As a person whose job it is to do this, by 1938.

[ek-sturn; for 3 also ik-sturn] /ˈɛk stɜrn; for 3 also ɪkˈstɜrn/ noun 1. a person connected with an institution but not residing in it, as a doctor or medical student at a hospital. 2. a nun of a strictly enclosed order, as the Carmelites, who resides inside the convent but outside its enclosure and who […]

[ik-stur-nl] /ɪkˈstɜr nl/ adjective 1. of or relating to the outside or outer part; outer: an external surface. 2. Medicine/Medical. to be applied to the outside of a body, as a remedy: for external use only. 3. situated or being outside something; acting or coming from without: external influences. 4. pertaining to the outward or […]

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